As seen around town

Gabrielle Giffords and Caroline Kennedy, American Idol’s Angie Miller, plus Romeo and Juliet of the Public Garden appear in photographs from around Boston by Bill Brett, Globe photographers, and more.

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  Photograph by Dina Rudick/Globe Staff

  ONWARD: Former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords receives a Profile in Courage Award from Caroline Kennedy, president of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation at the JFK Library in Dorchester on May 5.
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  Photograph by David L. Ryan/Globe Staff

  WATCH YOUR STEP: Workers adding lightning protection to the State House’s golden dome move carefully on May 6
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  photograph by Essdras M Suarez/Globe Staff

  ANGIE FANS: Supporters of “American Idol” contestant Angie Miller came out in force for a parade in Beverly, her hometown, on May 4.
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  Photograph by pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff

  HUNGER WALK: Alondra Custodio and sisters Tarah and Olivia Doh, all of Somerville, participate in Project Bread’s Walk for Hunger through Greater Boston on May 5.
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  photograph by Bill Brett

  CROSSROADS MEET: Therese Hudson of Charlestown and Scott Longo of Bridgewater at a Crossroads for Kids fund-raiser at the Boston Harbor Hotel on May 1
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  photograph by Laurie Swope

  LIP SERVICE: Leia and Toni Acevedo of Haverhill at “Cinco de Mustache,” a benefit for the MSPCA, at the Rosebud Bar and Grill in Somerville on May 4
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  photograph by Bill Brett

  ALL DERBYED UP: Rowena Palmer and her daughter Linda Griffin, both of Waltham, at the Kentucky Derby party at Suffolk Downs in East Boston on May 4
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  photograph by David L. Ryan/Globe Staff

  PADDLE PAIR: A crowd gathers to welcome swans Romeo and Juliet to the Public Garden in Boston on May 7 . . . . SEE YOURSELF ON THIS PAGE. E-mail party and event photos to outandabout@globe.com.